Foldable articulated sofa bed
AssigneeAmerican Leather Operations, LLC
InventorThomas A. Garland
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Abstract
An articulated sofa bed has a compact profile while folded with the seat cushions residing at a comfortable and ergonomic height and an esthetically pleasing streamlined appearance. The sofa bed takes advantage of a deployment assembly having a support frame with swinging rear arms that, when the bed is folded, occupy a small volume within the back of the sofa. The sofa bed also takes advantage of a leg assembly that is anchored within the thickness of the bed panels so as to stack the foot and middle panels closer to each other. The deployment assembly also cooperates to position the middle and foot panels of the bed in a folded position at a low height above the floor and below the seat cushions, respectively.
Claims22
An improved sofa bed of the type having a frame with opposed arms, a back and a front, and, located between the arms, an assembly providing a head panel, a middle panel, and a foot panel of a bed when the assembly is in an unfolded position, each panel having a mattress section defining a face of the panel, and, when the assembly is in a folded position, the head panel is oriented in a generally vertical position at the back and faces the front, the middle panel is oriented in a generally horizontal position and faces downward, and the foot panel is stacked above the middle panel in a generally horizontal orientation and faces upward, and removable seat and back cushions are disposed on the folded assembly to form a sofa, each of the arms having a rearmost mounting point for pivotally attaching a rear swinging member and having a mid-mounting point for pivotally attaching a forward swinging member, wherein each of the rear and forward swinging members is pivotally attached to the head panel with the rear swinging member being attached to the head panel at a higher point of the head panel than the forward swinging member in the folded position, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the rear swinging member being rearward of the head panel in the folded position when viewed from the side, with the rear swinging member being substantially vertical and substantially adjacent to the head panel, the rearmost mounting point also being substantially adjacent to the head panel in the folded position.
A sofa bed comprising:
- a frame with opposed arms, each of the arms having a rearmost mounting point for pivotally attaching a rear swinging member and having a mid-mounting point for pivotally attaching a forward swinging member;
- an assembly, located between the arms, the assembly having a head panel, a middle panel, and a foot panel of a bed when the bed assembly is in an unfolded position, each panel having a face for receiving a mattress, and, when the assembly is in a folded position, the head panel is oriented in a generally vertical position at the back of the sofa and faces forward, wherein
- the rear swinging member is rearward of the head panel in the folded position when viewed from the side, with the rear swinging member being substantially vertical and substantially adjacent to the head panel, the rearmost mounting point also being substantially adjacent to the head panel in the folded position;
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- removable seat and back cushions disposed on the folded assembly to form a sofa.
A motion mechanism for use in convertible furniture, the motion mechanism comprising:
- a pair of assemblies, to be mounted in a spaced apart relationship within the furniture, for movably supporting a multi-panel mattress between the assemblies, the mattress having at least a head panel mattress (305) and a body panel mattress (205);
- each assembly comprising:
- a support member (240) for mounting to the furniture;
- a rear swinging member (320) pivotably mounted to a rearmost mounting point (902) of the support member;
- a forward swinging member (315) pivotably mounted to a mid-mounting point (903) of the support member;
- a first anchor plate (330) for supporting the head panel mattress;
- in a folded position, the first anchor plate and the head panel mattress are oriented in a generally vertical position, the first anchor plate is pivotally attached to each of the rear swinging member and forward swinging member with the rear swinging member being attached to the first anchor plate at a higher point of the first anchor plate than the forward swinging member while in the folded position;
- wherein, the rear swinging member is rearward of the first anchor plate in the folded position when viewed from the side, with the rear swinging member being substantially vertical and substantially adjacent to the first anchor plate, the rearmost mounting point also being substantially adjacent to the first anchor plate in the folded position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.